So it has been announced on 29th July 2014 that Nick Cotton (played by John Altman) is to return back to the square to give his old ma some more trouble. With the recent events involving Charlie and Carol, surely he is bound to turn up soon? Maybe he will be kept back to the Christmas Day episode as it is not yet stated when he has started filming for Eastenders. It will be interesting how the writers develop the opening of his sixth stint on the show, I wonder will he turn up at Dot's door again and say 'ello ma' or will we see him sitting in a car with Yvonne and Charlie planning some scheme?

Hopefully this stint will succeed his last stint as I personally thought the 'chair leg' cafe hostage ruined the end of his 'Poison Dot' storyline, it was rushed and played out badly but there was highlights like when he clashed with Phil for blackmailing Billy, see link for that clip here: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NtkHRWSueWs

So what does everyone think? When will the original bad boy of the square return?

He ended up reappearing on Christmas Day last time, didn't he? I'm not so sure they'd do the same thing twice. I think Halloween might be a good time thinking about it. It fits in quite nicely with him 'coming back from the dead.'

I really can't see the point of bringing back this, quite frankly, pantomime baddie back. It'll be the same old drudge of him trying to kill off Dot (Yawn), the best thing what can happen is for him to be knocked down by the tube train on it's way 'up west'.

I like Dot, but now it's time to cut all times with 'my nick' and look to the future. 'My Nick' is dragging her backwards.

He will be back before then I think, we have some cotton related episodes week after next....